Anounce: DUI 00.04 (Linux GL support)

(The only different from 00.03 is the GL support.)

DUI GL support (Linux only) is implemented with a binding on http://gtkglext.sourceforge.net/

GL support is still experimental (i.e. before pre-alpha ;)
but due to the simplicity of the
GtkGLExt API few changes should be needed to the final version.

GL is:
Mesa 3-D graphics library
Version:  4.0.4
http://www.mesa3d.org/

see a simple image at: http://ca.geocities.com/duitoolkit/glExtension.html

get it at: http://ca.geocities.com/duitoolkit/downloadPage.html

Ant

Ant wrote:
> Anounce: DUI 00.04 (Linux GL support)
> 
> (The only different from 00.03 is the GL support.)
> 
> DUI GL support (Linux only) is implemented with a binding on http://gtkglext.sourceforge.net/
> 
> GL support is still experimental (i.e. before pre-alpha ;)
> but due to the simplicity of the
> GtkGLExt API few changes should be needed to the final version.
> 
> GL is:
> Mesa 3-D graphics library
> Version:  4.0.4
> http://www.mesa3d.org/
> 
> see a simple image at:
> http://ca.geocities.com/duitoolkit/glExtension.html
> 
> get it at:
> http://ca.geocities.com/duitoolkit/downloadPage.html
> 
> Ant
> 

Super great!  Man... I din't expect you to move so fast.  I have gentoo linux.  I haven't done much linux programming,  but I'll have to give the library a try out to see how it works.  I'll probably be bumbling along for a bit.

Thanks!

John

> 
> see a simple image at:
> http://ca.geocities.com/duitoolkit/glExtension.html
> 

Nice sample app.  I like the implementation of the GL.  It appears nicely integrated.

I do have a question from the sample (I guess I don't no my D so well :-P) :

static GLfloat ambient[4]  = [ 0.329412, 0.223529, 0.027451, 1.0 ]
		              ^---- these are encased in brackets?

Is this normal D style for initializing arrays (instead of C style curly braces)?

later,

John

> 
> static GLfloat ambient[4]  = [ 0.329412, 0.223529, 0.027451, 1.0 ]
>                       ^---- these are encased in brackets?
> 

Argh! This confounded text formatting messed up my post.  The arrow was supposed to point to the R value.

John Reimer wrote:

> I do have a question from the sample (I guess I don't no my D so well :-P) :
> 
> static GLfloat ambient[4]  = [ 0.329412, 0.223529, 0.027451, 1.0 ]
>                       ^---- these are encased in brackets?
> 

Pardon me.  I just had to look in the D programming spec for the answer (under static initialization of static arrays).

Later,

John

In article <bjmc1a$s6o$1@digitaldaemon.com>, John Reimer says...
>
>John Reimer wrote:
>
>> I do have a question from the sample (I guess I don't no my D so well :-P) :
>> 
>> static GLfloat ambient[4]  = [ 0.329412, 0.223529, 0.027451, 1.0 ]
>>                       ^---- these are encased in brackets?
>> 
>
>Pardon me.  I just had to look in the D programming spec for the answer (under static initialization of static arrays).
>
>Later,
>
>John
>

>> static GLfloat ambient[4]  = [ 0.329412, 0.223529, 0.027451, 1.0 ]
>>                       ^---- these are encased in brackets?
>> 
>
>Pardon me.  I just had to look in the D programming spec for the answer (under static initialization of static arrays).
>
>Later,
>

John, sorry, didn't meant to ignore you,
I just thought that once the example program did
compile and ran your question was already answered...

I'm also an absolute beginer in D.
I don't know why the [] are used and I thought that was your real question.
(just guessing)
[] seams to mean that the array is initialized from and array,
I think it makes more sence if we say that the array is initialized from
a list of values therefor {} makes more sence to me.
both [] and {} have other meanings, so...

Now back to the "this()", "~this()" discussion, ah, forget it...

Ant

> 
> John, sorry, didn't meant to ignore you,
> I just thought that once the example program did
> compile and ran your question was already answered...

No problem.  I just figured that was a hint to find out for myself, like I should have in the first place ;-)

> I'm also an absolute beginer in D.
> I don't know why the [] are used and I thought that was your real question.
> (just guessing)

That was indeed my question.  I wasn't questioning whether it worked in the sample.  I was just interested to know why D uses the [] instead of {} for static initialization.  I was wondering what the design decision behind that was.  That's all. I just hadn't noticed this as a feature of D until I saw you use it.

> [] seams to mean that the array is initialized from and array,
> I think it makes more sence if we say that the array is initialized from
> a list of values therefor {} makes more sence to me.
> both [] and {} have other meanings, so...

Yes, {} made more sense to me too.  Since [] encloses the index of an array, it seems odd to intialize array elements by listing them within the [] on the right side. It's not a problem using this new style, just different from what I'd say is intuitive, I guess (well for those with a C/C++ background, anyway).

~this(),

John